The Marco Island Historical Society is pleased present a variety of activities you can do while visiting our website. All activities are fun and educational, and are suitable for all ages.
We now offer: Word Search, Coloring, Crossword Puzzles, “Mad Lib” (Word Fill-in), “I Spy” (Object Search), Website Scavenger Hunt and Jigsaw Puzzles.
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Word SearchThis is the classic word search game created using significant items in Marco Island’s history. It’s easy to play – just click on the image to go to the game online. There is no need to download any software. Once there, locate each word from the list and highlight using your cursor. As you find and highlight them, a line is drawn through the word indicating you found it. Remember, the words may be vertical, horizontal, backwards and on the diagonal. When finished, click on your browser’s “back” arrow to return to the MIHS website.The location of the words change each time you play, so it’s a different game every time!Have Fun! |
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ColoringWho doesn’t like to doodle or color? We’ve selected three images representing Marco Island’s human and natural history and converted them to coloring book pages. Click on each color image below to print/download a PDF that you may then color to match the image. |
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| Calusa Mask recreations by artist Peter Sottong | “Honey Bee” & “Roseate Spoonbill” artwork by Laura Spencer | |
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Crossword Puzzle (1)Like crossword puzzles? It’s easy to play – just click on the image to download the blank puzzle with clues, then start filling in. All items relate to Marco Island’s recent history. Answers for most can be found online if you get stumped.Click Here for the answer key for this activityGood Luck! |
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Crossword Puzzle (2)If you enjoyed our Modern Marco crossword puzzle, check out this one focusing on Marco Island’s pioneer history.Just click on the image to download the blank puzzle with clues, then start filling inClick Here for the answer key for this activityGood Luck! |
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Crossword Puzzle (3) New!If you enjoyed our pioneer history crossword puzzle, check out this one focusing on Marco Island’s natural history.Just click on the image to download the blank puzzle with clues, then start filling inClick Here for the answer key for this activityGood Luck! |
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Mad LibSaloma Olds, avid diarist and photographer, captured everyday life for her pioneer family on Marco Island during the early 1900s. Click on the image to download/print a PDF, then
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Philafelinia – Marco Island Then And Now by Merald Clark |
“I Spy” Objects SearchIn 1896, Frank Hamilton Cushing led an expedition to Marco Island organized jointly by the Smithsonian Institution and the University Museum, Philadelphia. He created a major sensation among archaeologists when he found an until then totally unknown Native American culture that he named “Key Dwellers.”It turned out that among Cushing’s finds were some of the finest artifacts ever unearthed on the Eastern Seaboard. More than 2000 objects, practically the entire inventory of a village, came to light from a swamp near where the Old Marco Inn now stands. Merald Clark’s mural found in the entrance of the Marco Island Historical Museum’s Paradise Found exhibit brings this archaeological dig and the prehistoric village it uncovered to life.Dig through the layers of Marco Island’s history to find the objects.Click Here to download checklist of items to find in the artwork.Then click on the artwork to bring up the image in your PC’s photo viewer, where you can enlarge it for easier searching.Click Here for the answer key for this activity |
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MIHS Website Scavenger HuntWelcome to our website scavenger hunt! All answers to the questions can be found on this website. Click on the image to download/print a PDF of the questions. |
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Jigsaw Puzzle (1)Like jigsaw puzzles? You’ll love this one! Piece together this circa 1970 Marco Island postcard from our collections. Turn it into a group challenge by competing with your friends and family for the fastest solving time!
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Jigsaw Puzzle (2)Take a break today and piece together some ancient history! 🧩The first in our “Windows and Doors to History” puzzle series features Merald Clark’s artistic interpretation of the Archaic Indians who inhabited nearby Horr’s Island between 5,000 and 4,400 years ago.This year-round settlement depicted in the puzzle also happens to be the oldest known permanently occupied coastal village in the Southeastern United States.
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